document.write( "Question 86181: i am having trouble with my algebra homework and trying to work out if it is right.Here's my question:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The way i worked it out is by finding out the first difference which is 3 so then i said add 2 to make it 5 so this was my answer: 3x+2
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document.write( "i am having trouble with my algebra homework and trying to work out if it is\r\n" );
document.write( "right.Here's my question: \r\n" );
document.write( "X 1,2,3,4,5\r\n" );
document.write( "Y 5,8,11,14,17\r\n" );
document.write( "use the table above to write the rule that tells you how many of y you can get\r\n" );
document.write( "for any number of x's. \r\n" );
document.write( "The way i worked it out is by finding out the first difference which is 3 so\r\n" );
document.write( "then i said add 2 to make it 5 so this was my answer: 3x+2\r\n" );
document.write( "I was wondering if i was correct and if i was wrong could you please tell me a\r\n" );
document.write( "way to work it out.\r\n" );
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document.write( "For x = 1, we add 0 3's to the 5 to get the 1st term 5.\r\n" );
document.write( "For x = 2, we add 1 3   to the 5 to get the 2nd term 8.\r\n" );
document.write( "For x = 3, we add 2 3's to the 5 to get the 3rd term 11.\r\n" );
document.write( "For x = 4, we add 3 3's to the 5 to get the 4th term 14.\r\n" );
document.write( "For x = 5, we add 4 3's to the 5 to get the 5th term 17.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Following the pattern:\r\n" );
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document.write( "xth term = (x-1) times 3 added to the 5\r\n" );
document.write( "xth term = 5 + 3(x-1) \r\n" );
document.write( "xth term = 5 + 3x - 3\r\n" );
document.write( "xth term = 2 + 3x\r\n" );
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document.write( "Yeah, you're right.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Edwin

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